Premier League side Burnley have provided another update on Lyle Foster's absence from the squad.
The Bafana Bafana striker last featured for Burnley in the 3-0 defeat to Brentford last month and has not featured in the last two games.
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The club have now confirmed that Foster is with specialists to help deal with his mental health and is expected to be out for an indefinite period.
Statement:
On behalf of Lyle Foster and his family they have asked us to share with you an update on Lyle's illness.
Recently, Lyle let us know that he continues to live with issues around his mental well-being and has reached out for help.
He is currently in the care of specialists - giving him the support and care he needs to help him back to full health.
With the love and support of his family and everyone at Burnley Football Club we will do all we can to provide everything he needs to get better.
We ask for your understanding and respect Lyle's privacy around this matter and will not be making any more comment until further notice.
Burnley manager Vincent Kompany says the club were fortunate that Foster was open about the issues.
"Lyle has been having issues with his mental well being and as a club, we've very quickly, naturally made the decision to fully support him, support his family," Kompany told Sky Sports.
"Obviously offer him access to all the experties and clinical support that he needs. We're wishing him a speedy recovery and we wishing to be in a better place by the time he's ready to come back to us.
"We were very fortunate that Lyle had been very open with us. From the moment he has been open with us, we were able to act so as soon as showed signs of how severe it was for him, I think straight away the entire support team in the club just mobilised and we made sure he could focus on his own recovery and I think in moments like this you have to put the human first and that's what we did."
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